Ricky Skaggs

I mean, I could tell that I really had... a precious gift. And I'm so glad that I have followed through with it and really used that gift and nurtured it, honed it, made it sharp and tried to use it as a tool now to make music and to make a living for my family.

American Musician

Ron Carlson

Writing a book is very personal. It's a very personal relationship. A book will start with something as simple as two men talking about work. That gets the fire going. Sustaining that fire is the hard work. It takes attention and empathy to hone the characters.

American Novelist

Joe Morton

If you can keep a character fresh and alive for, let's say, six months, working eight nights a week, then you can do anything. You have honed your technique and your skills to such a degree by that point that you are ready to take on all kinds of challenges.

American Actor

Jay Ellis

I run the material, always with two people, sometimes three. We all see things so differently, so to get a couple of people's perspectives on what I'm doing and the material itself is insanely helpful for honing in on what to take into the audition room.

Jim Rash

I feel like my experience on 'Community' was that I saw just how important that first year is for a series. That is where you work all the pieces out, and that means honing the characters' voices, setting that tone, finding your angle.

Gurinder Chadha

Writing film scripts is the hardest thing in the world. A script has to go to five or six drafts, and you need the feedback of other people and to keep coming back with a fresh eye, honing it down.

English Director

Katrina Adams

In college, you become truly independent; your discipline is honed. It has to be there for your studies. It helped make me who I am, and it increased my determination to be the best I could be.

American Athlete

Olivia d'Abo

I think one's history and past is important at a certain time in your life, especially as an artist, just to try to hone in on that.

English Actress

Herb Ritts

For me, the most important thing I learned was just honing my eye. I think I had a good eye.

American Photographer

Hansika Motwani

My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.

Indian Actress

Used when describing the improvement or fine-tuning of personal abilities.

Skill Enhancement

Suggests ongoing improvement, not a one-time event.

Continuous Process

Often used metaphorically to talk about non-physical skills.

Metaphorical Use

Refers to the physical act of sharpening an object, often a tool or weapon.

Literal Sharpness

Indicates a skillful action, often used by professionals like blacksmiths or carpenters.

Technical Skill

Emphasizes targeted improvement, making something better in a specific way.

Focused Improvement

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 things that we can hone and change to suit our needs. The tragic thing is that we're losing so much of this linguistic diversity all the time. We're losing about one language a week, and by some estimates, half of the world's languages will be gone in the next hundred years.

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 the activity of these cells to encourage follicles to start producing hair again. And in the meantime, while scientists hone their hair-reviving methods, anyone going bald, or considering baldness, can remember that they're in great company.

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Hone

To sharpen or improve something, usually a skill.

Often appears as...

To make an object sharp.

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Continuous Process

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